Sacked, shunned and suicidal – the Cameroon sports stars battling anti-gay laws
15 November, 2019, 2:09 am
Athlete Thierry Essamba displaying his medals in a stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cameroonian athlete Thierry Essamba still trains every day, even though he has little hope of reviving a career cut off when he was ousted from the national squad in a scandal over homosexuality. The 38-year-old hurdling champion was training for the 2014 Commonwealth Games when a senior sports official told […]
